Would you say… you did nazi that coming? I’m sorry, I’ll see myself out.

No, it’s comparing apples to rotten apples. It is the same thing, it is using excessive personal wealth to influence politics, but obviously one of the two is much more disgusting, and even damaging to your health, than the other.

Yes, thank you. “Prohibit lobbyism” is such a dumb, populist hot take, and actually going through with it would effectively be the end of democracy.

Instead, let’s talk about how we can make lobbyism more equitable and fair, and how we can prevent corruption. But those are complex issues, that require genuine, deliberative debate, in order to find real and better solutions.